English
thetical
Thetical comes from Ancient Greek θετικός ‘fit for placing, apposite’, from θέσῐς ‘a setting, placement, arrangement’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put, place’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰé-dʰeh₁-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*t(e/i)tʰēmireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίθημι‘to put, place’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθέσῐς‘a setting, placement, arrangement’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθετικόςthetikós‘fit for placing, apposite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1662thetical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put, place’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰé-dʰeh₁-tireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*t(e/i)tʰēmireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίθημι‘to put, place’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθέσῐς‘a setting, placement, arrangement’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθετικόςthetikós‘fit for placing, apposite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1662thetical
Earliest quotation: 1662, Henry More: “eating of the fruit, was merely Thetical or positive,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’
do, fact, hot, deal, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, defence, custom, theme, sufficient, defendant, feast, doom, deed, dis, ethnic, theology, auditorium, auditor, demi, deem, spade, forfeit, atheist, aesthetic, synthetic, ethical, prefect, atheism, feral, profanity, familial, medial, duma, profane, 123 more
through Proto-Hellenic *t(e/i)tʰēmi
through Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘to put, place’
treasury, treasure, synthesis, tick, thesaurus, epithet, 14 more
through Ancient Greek θέσῐς ‘a setting, placement, arrangement’
Today it means
adj Laid down; absolute or positive, like a law or constituting the truth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / thetical